. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 May 13.

Published in final edited form as: Virology. 2007 Apr 20;364(2):407–421. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2007.03.034

Table 1.

Biological activity and virion properties of wild type BMV and its CP variant Δ7aa

Mutant	Sequence alterations	Symptoms on C. quinoa^c	Virion Properties
			Yield (mg/g)	Size (nm)	Electophoretic Mobility^d
Wild Type	Wild Type	CLL; SM	5	28	Normal
Δ7aa^a	N-⁴¹KAIKAIA⁴⁷ deleted	CLL; no systemic infection	0.4	28/26	Faster
Δl7aa-agro^b	N-⁴¹KAIKAIA⁴⁷ deleted	CLL; no systemic infection	1.5	28/26	Faster

Δ7aa infection in plants was mediated through in vitro synthesized transcript inoculation.

Δ7aa infection in plants was mediated through agroinfiltration.

CLL, chlorotic local lesions; SM, systemic mottling

Electrophoretic mobility was carried out in 1% agarose gels prepared and electrphoresed in TAE buffer prior to staining with ethidium bromide.